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I have absolutely no idea either, although if it's anything like how the Game Gear handles Master System mode, it's probably stretching the image at the subpixel level (meaning a resolution of 960px). That'd definitely help reduce the ugliness at the expense of some color bleeding, and the latter may not be so noticeable given that the screen quality wasn't particularly great for starters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gryson
I probably should research this some day.
Pretty sure it's the same or very similar. Once the screen starts moving it's hard to tell though because the refresh rate sucks compared to a modern LCD. A modern but low res screen would probably show the scaling artifacts even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sik
On the upside, a 16:9 screen means being able to crop those gigantic borders off the 192px-tall SMS games anyway. Given they use a roughly 15:9 aspect ratio when cropped.
The original LCD isn't 320x224 but something a bit more horizontally and there's no pixel perfect mapping either. There's RGB > ADC > Screen. 256 pixel games just look a bit more blurred horizontally than 320 pixel games. When I'm back at home I can take photos (currently in Norway).Quote:
Originally Posted by Gryson
Awesome. The tech specs listed on a quick google search said it was a 320x224 screen, but I guess that was just assumed based on the usual game resolution.Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
A rechargeable battery I hope.
I love this, I hope it's quality. :cool:
If you run a 256px Genesis game on the 3DS using jEnesisDS, doesn't it output at 320px on the top screen to get the right aspect ratio? I don't have one here to test but that might give you an example of how this would look.
If this is not emulation, but the real deal, I'm going to be pretty stoked.
I kind of doubt it though, judging from an industrial standpoint I can tell that the plastic manufacturing is pretty crap in these models. Not exactly a good sign for what's on the inside...
Not necessarily, having electronics follow the specs accurately (or close enough*) is probably easier than finding cheap plastic that isn't a turd (and more expensive plastic would probably push the price far enough that most people would walk away — the problem with dealing with a niche market that also wants cheap things…).
*If people can tolerate Fusion then people can tolerate "close enough" because that's exactly what Fusion is :v
Fusion on a handheld would be "good enough" for me. I do not expect modern hardware to be exactly like a console from 1988, at least not at any price most people are willing to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sik